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Good work

Here’s a few pics of mine – firstly a comparison of 1a ( on the car ) and 1b ones http://img571.imageshack.us/img571/9549/73097962.jpg You can clearly see how the 1a ones go all the way to the midpoint, with a separate one-piece plastic lip underneath them. Here’s the other side of the 1a – rather r...

Mmmmm, nice !

There was a guy on ebay last year offering a complete one-piece front end which included valance, splitter, and bumper - all done in grp. IIRC it was very expensive ( £500+ ) and there was only 1 available, which didn't sell

I suspect that if you tried to produce a vacformed part that size from the same material as R/C car bodies ( lexan/polycarbonate ) you'd need to make it a lot thicker to make it stiff enough - which would make it both heavy ( feel the weight of a crash helmet visor, then imagine something the size o...

Here the 1a for comparison: Image Replaced With URL For Quote http://www.toyodiy.com/parts/diag_AzFavu.png For part numbers: http://www.toyodiy.com/parts/p_E_1985_TOYOTA_MR2_AW11L-WCMQFG_5302.html 102 Euros a side :shock: ( eyes crumbling ones on 1a trackday car, wonders about fixing them and makin...

If the diagram is accurate they are 1b ones as don't reach to centreline of the car and fit the 2 part splitter. The 1a ones are longer and meet in the middle of the car, with a one-piece plastic splitter underneath them.

Given the angularity of the extended wings I'd guess it was homemade, possibly from alloy sheet

Remember that they are different depending on whether you have a 1a or 1b

SuperRedMR2 wrote:To add more issues, I have a red top producing 115 hp

That's a low compression one isn't it, not UK spec

This is the thread that Kyle was referring to Seems to contain some incorrect information http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9010 Further skewed by being a US based forum - the US 4A engines have yet another spec due to their emission requirements e.g. their 1a bluetops gave abou...

BIGBOBO wrote:
I've read about using a V6 camry idler as a tensioner for the waterpump and supercharger but I'm running standard pulleys so I don't know if it would fit.

I think it should fit - as the reason it is used on the big pulley conversions is that it is smaller diameter than the standard one

Well i have been skimming over the tinternet and found a webpage about engine swaps and there is a guy there who put the big port head age engine in his mk1.... Errr - the Mk1 came with the bigport engine as standard, the 1a with the 'blue top' 3 rib block version, the 1b with the 'red top' 7 rib b...

The GT-S name was applied to various incarnations of NA Corolla/Sprinter models eg. AE86, AE92, AE98 etc. so a 'GT-S head' could be almost any version of 4A-GE head

You can also rub some silicone grease onto the rubbers to soften them - after years of exposure to the elements the rubber tends to stiffen a little and not seal as well

kaiowas wrote:

I was under the impression that one of the primary advantages of coilovers is that they use universal and widely available springs thus allowing you to select from a wide range of off the shelf spring rates and lengths.

But if he doesn't know what he's got, he'd be buying in the dark

Interesting - good luck

http://imageshack.us/a/img803/6169/springg.jpg Unless you know the make/model of the aftermarket coilover you may have trouble getting new springs to match ( or pay to have them tested and new ones made to match ) - as long as they still perform OK maybe just get them cleaned up and repainted :-k

No poles, trees, no cars, etc coming t'other way ..... Any armco is covered in thick padding where I go IIRC a few years ago a Mk1 MR2 racecar was involved in a very heavy front end collision - it had no bumper bar fitted, and the remaining front structure of the car did a very good job of absorbin...